Tag: Network
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Owen Roizman, Cinematographer of ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘Network,’ Dies at 86
Owen Roizman, a cinematographer who shot many of the premier films of a generation, has died. He was 86.A representative for the American Society of Cinematographers confirmed the news. No further details about Roizman’s death are available at this time.Roizman was Oscar-nominated five times, for “The French Connection,” “The Exorcist,” “Network,” “Tootsie” and 1994 Western…
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‘Tár’ and ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Tie for Best Picture at Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
It was the west coast critics’ turn to hand out honors for the best films and performances of 2022, with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (Lafca) landing on a tie for their top honors, between A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and Focus Features’ “Tár.” It was the fourth time the group tied in…
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Ned Beatty, star of Deliverance, Network and Superman, dies aged 83
Prolific supporting actor also appeared in All the President’s Men, Nashville, The Big Easy and Hear My SongNed Beatty, the Oscar-nominated character actor who in half a century of American movies, including Deliverance, Network and Superman, was a booming, indelible presence in even the smallest parts, has died. He was 83.Beatty’s manager, Deborah Miller, said…
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Ned Beatty, Who Made Quite the First Impression in ‘Deliverance,’ Dies at 83 (Report)
Ned Beatty, who made an indelible first impression in Deliverance before turning in noteworthy efforts in Nashville, Network and Homicide: Life on the Street as one of the most respected character actors of his time, has died, according to TMZ. He was 83.Beatty reportedly died Sunday in his sleep at his home. Further details were…
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Behind the Scene That Could Win Chadwick Boseman the Oscar for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Full disclosure: It’s not often that a Zoom Q&a makes the back of my neck prickle. That’s what happened early in the Oscar season, when “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” star Colman Domingo revealed what really happened in a key scene with Chadwick Boseman, and how the film’s most powerful moment almost didn’t happen at all.Just…
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‘Wolfman’ Movie in the Works with Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling is getting into the Universal monsters business. The actor is circling a Wolfman movie for the studio, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo penned the script, which is intended to be a starring vehicle for Gosling. The move comes after the studio saw a hit earlier this year by…
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Bamboozled, Showboat and Vitalina Varela: Jim Hemphill’s Home Viewing Recommendations, March 27, 2020
Although it borrows liberally from earlier films like A Face in the Crowd, The Producers, and Network, there’s nothing else quite like Spike Lee’s 2000 satire Bamboozled, the most ferociously funny movie of the writer-director’s career as well as one of his most formally adventurous. It’s a movie of extremes, raucous in its gleeful willingness…